Welcome to Scrap Metal Prices South Africa, our aim is to help you get the very best price per kg for your scrap metal when you sell it. We do this by advising you of Scrap Metal Prices being paid by scrap yards in many areas across South Africa and putting you in contact with local scrap yards throughout South Africa that pay good prices per kg for all scrap metal. We also enable scrap yards to display their buying prices. Click the area you live from the list of areas below for more information on scrap metal prices in your area in South Africa.

The best way to guarantee you are getting the best price per kilo for your scrap metal is to check the average prices scrap yards pay for various scrap metals below, then use our Lists of scrap yard in your area to locate your nearest scrap yard and give them a call to ask what prices they are paying for the types of junk metal that you have or to discuss them collecting it from you.

Below is a guide that shows typical scrap metal prices per kilo you will find for various different materials in South Africa. The prices listed below vary as scrap yards buying prices generally vary by area and obviously the quality of the metal affects the price too.

Scrap Metal Prices South Africa

Scrap Metal Type

Per KG Pricing (ZAR)

Cast Iron and Steel

R 0.99 per Kilo

Bright Copper Wire

R 62.74 per Kilo

Lead

R 18.16 per Kilo

Heavy Copper

R 56.14 per Kilo

Braziery Copper

R 46.23 per kilo

Copper Tanks

R 49.53 per Kilo

Brass

R 41.28 per Kilo

316 Stainless Turnings

R 13.21 per Kilo

Aluminium Turnings

R 4.95 per Kilo

PVC wire

R 19.81 per kilo

Motors

R 3.30 per kilo

Low Grade Cable

R 11.56 per kilo

High Grade PVC Wire

R 28.07 per Kilo

Stainless Steel Turnings

R 9.91 per kilo

Aluminium Cable with Copper

R 13.21 per kilo

Aluminium

R 9.91 per Kilo

Stainless Steel

R 12.38 per Kilo

316 Stainless Steel

R 15.51 per Kilo

Here are a useful link that will provide you with lots of information regarding scrap metal and it's history. Or if you would like to read a pdf of the South Africa Scrap Metal Dealers Act so you can read exactly what laws a scrap metal dealer has to follow please do so below.

Scrap Metal Prices Per KG South Africa

During recent years scrap metal prices have expanded extensively, prices are by and large recorded by the kilo or ton, however some of them can be sold to scrap yards by the Pound. To guarantee that you are getting the best possible price per pound for all types of scrap metal you have to you know the value of scrap metals before taking it to a local scrap yard.

You should remember that you can find a range of scrap metal materials within various pieces of electronic equipment and take note that many scrap yards will not accept this type of scrap metal.

Reusing scrap metal has many benefits; financially, beneficently and ecologically as well. While many may just be worried about making a pile of money from their scrap metal, they forget about the advantages that reusing scrap metal offers for our planet. Metals that are not required without anyone else's input discolor the globe thus by reusing them you will basically be keeping further materials from being extricated somewhere else. This eventually will avert promote contamination of the planet and end lethal gasses from being discharged into the climate.

Scrap Metal Types - Scrap Metal Prices South Africa

There are many types of scrap metal that you can sell for top prices per kg in South Africa. Scrap Copper, Aluminium, Lead, Steel, Iron, Brass and Tin are the most popular types of scrap metal that are sold every day in South Africa. In order of getting the best prices for your scrap metal you need to separate your scrap metal by type, if your scrap metal has non metal items attached to it we would highly recommend that you remove them. Scrap yards will reduce the prices that they offer if you leave non metal items attached to your scrap metal items. If you do not remove them, the scrap yard that you visit will more than likely estimate the weight of the non metal items and deduct it from the total weight of your items. They actually deliberately over estimate the weight of non metal items so they don't lose money on the deal themselves. So the tale is, remove all non metal items to get a better price per kg for your scrap metal.

Scrap metal recycling as previously mentioned lessens the necessity for mining metals on our planet and the interest for ferrous and non ferrous metals. Also, recycling scrap metals means less landfill being used. These are just a couple of benefit points that recycling metals have. And on top of helping keep our planet green you can line your pockets with cash in the process.

These above prices are the scrap metal prices being advertised by a very well established scrap yard in Cape Town South Africa, so if you live in Cape Town or any other area in South Africa you can use these prices as an accurate guide as to what price you should expect for your own scrap metal.

All scrap yards in South Africa should purchase all ferrous metals, ferrous metals include copper, lead, steel, iron etc. You are probably aware that ferrous metals scrap prices per kg are substantially lower that the prices per kg of non ferrous metals like gold, silver and platinum.